Comments on: media musings http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/ Tue, 22 May 2012 02:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: colleen http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3605 colleen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:14 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3605 I know all about your aborbs Diane but I missed the engagement part. Mazel Tov! I know all about your aborbs Diane but I missed the engagement part. Mazel Tov!

]]> By: superdave524 http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3602 superdave524 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:34 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3602 Shoot, Col, I've mentioned <a href="http://intheboro.blogspot.com/2009/08/d-and-d.html" rel="nofollow">Diane</a> a bunch of times. Figured you'd be up to speed on that. Oh, and a bit more on topic, you should check out internet buddy <a href="http://dirtyrunningthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-new-tv-blog.html" rel="nofollow">Chase</a>, as he opines on the issue. Shoot, Col, I’ve mentioned Diane a bunch of times. Figured you’d be up to speed on that. Oh, and a bit more on topic, you should check out internet buddy Chase, as he opines on the issue.

]]> By: Col http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 Col Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:53:53 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3465 Amanda. Welcome to NYC ... and the nabe! Just checked out your blog. Good 4 u 4 taking the leap. I shall email ya the yoga list next time I get some solid computer access. (Am sans Internet and compie and experiencing major Internet withdrawal.) Amanda. Welcome to NYC … and the nabe! Just checked out your blog. Good 4 u 4 taking the leap. I shall email ya the yoga list next time I get some solid computer access. (Am sans Internet and compie and experiencing major Internet withdrawal.)

]]> By: Amanda http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3249 Amanda Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:21 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3249 Hi there! I'm a virtual friend of Christa's, which is how I found your blog... I'm about to move to the East Village myself (tho I'm coming from farther away: DC), and would love to know what yoga studios people recommended to you. Will feel much more confident about places recommended word-of-mouth than places I unearth with Ye Olde Google. Hi there! I’m a virtual friend of Christa’s, which is how I found your blog… I’m about to move to the East Village myself (tho I’m coming from farther away: DC), and would love to know what yoga studios people recommended to you. Will feel much more confident about places recommended word-of-mouth than places I unearth with Ye Olde Google.

]]> By: colleen http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 colleen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:32:41 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3201 Greg, thanks for stopping by. Cell phones will ultimately become our remote controls not jut to TV but also to life in general. The important thing to note is that they are viewed as utility devices. We want basic functions from our mobile phones and therefore it's more or less a commodity. Research bears out that given the choice people will always go for the best content on the best available screen. The key will be in getting all the moving parts to work together. Brady, yes sports is one of the places where live has the clear advantage. Interestingly the major sports franchises like NFL, MLB and others have spent the past decade building up their OWN distribution networks like the NFL channel and MLB.com. They charge the bcast and cable networks handsomely for rights, but if it becomes clear that they can go direct to consumers themselves and monetize it on a mass scale, they'll do it. And btw, you are welcome to come downstairs any time to watch the Yankees in the World series or to see your Pats lose to the Giants. SD, your FIANCE?! I need to swing by Life in the Boro and learn more about this very exciting development! Greg, thanks for stopping by. Cell phones will ultimately become our remote controls not jut to TV but also to life in general. The important thing to note is that they are viewed as utility devices. We want basic functions from our mobile phones and therefore it’s more or less a commodity. Research bears out that given the choice people will always go for the best content on the best available screen. The key will be in getting all the moving parts to work together.

Brady, yes sports is one of the places where live has the clear
advantage. Interestingly the major sports franchises like NFL, MLB and others have spent the past decade building up their OWN distribution networks like the NFL channel and MLB.com. They charge the bcast and cable networks handsomely for rights, but if it becomes clear that they can go direct to consumers themselves and monetize it on a mass scale, they’ll do it. And btw, you are welcome to come downstairs any time to watch the Yankees in the World series or to see your Pats lose to the Giants.

SD, your FIANCE?! I need to swing by Life in the Boro and learn more about this very exciting development!

]]> By: superdave524 http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3185 superdave524 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:39:18 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3185 Loved the post. I learned a bit, and it was entertaining. And Brady's sentiments mirror mine: I basically have a t.v. for sports. More to the point, my recent college-graduate son watches all of his t.v. well after the fact (my fiance is more old school: she does watch network t.v. regularly). He asked me recently if I'd ever seen Twin Peaks. He watches Japanese anime series, YouTube, and FaceBook on his laptop, but almost never watches regularly scheduled programs on the telly. I also loved your oxymoronic "Yoga studios in the 'Hood". Now, that there's funny! Loved the post. I learned a bit, and it was entertaining. And Brady’s sentiments mirror mine: I basically have a t.v. for sports. More to the point, my recent college-graduate son watches all of his t.v. well after the fact (my fiance is more old school: she does watch network t.v. regularly). He asked me recently if I’d ever seen Twin Peaks. He watches Japanese anime series, YouTube, and FaceBook on his laptop, but almost never watches regularly scheduled programs on the telly.

I also loved your oxymoronic “Yoga studios in the ‘Hood”. Now, that there’s funny!

]]> By: Brady http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 Brady Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:19:17 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3141 Not your usual fare, but I like it. And here are my thoughts. I used to have a TV. I don't anymore. I'll probably get one again, and soon. Why? It's not for The Office. Or for Dexter. Or Mad Men. (I can watch all of those via Hulu, or Netflix, or, if necessary, through some illegal streaming site.) I'll get a TV again for sports. I miss sports acutely. The internet or Netflix or whatever has yet to find a way to handle the immediacy that is inherent in sports. You cannot watch the game two weeks later -- it has lost all importance. You cannot watch it even the next day unless you are very careful what you listen to, what you overhear on the street and what you see online. And even then you know you're watching it after everyone else already knows the result, and that honestly feels deflating and lame. Sports does not work "on demand" very well. It just doesn't. We want to watch sports as it is being played out live. We don't care when the content in question is Californication -- they shot that episode months ago anyway. Why should I watch it when the network suggests I do? -- but we do for sports. Sports (and news in general, I'd suggest) are the only things you need "now." So I have to pay for a whole slew of cable crap just for the Pats game, the World Series, college hoops and boxing? I do? Well that sucks. Not your usual fare, but I like it. And here are my thoughts. I used to have a TV. I don’t anymore. I’ll probably get one again, and soon. Why? It’s not for The Office. Or for Dexter. Or Mad Men. (I can watch all of those via Hulu, or Netflix, or, if necessary, through some illegal streaming site.)

I’ll get a TV again for sports. I miss sports acutely. The internet or Netflix or whatever has yet to find a way to handle the immediacy that is inherent in sports. You cannot watch the game two weeks later — it has lost all importance. You cannot watch it even the next day unless you are very careful what you listen to, what you overhear on the street and what you see online. And even then you know you’re watching it after everyone else already knows the result, and that honestly feels deflating and lame. Sports does not work “on demand” very well. It just doesn’t. We want to watch sports as it is being played out live. We don’t care when the content in question is Californication — they shot that episode months ago anyway. Why should I watch it when the network suggests I do? — but we do for sports.

Sports (and news in general, I’d suggest) are the only things you need “now.” So I have to pay for a whole slew of cable crap just for the Pats game, the World Series, college hoops and boxing? I do?

Well that sucks.

]]> By: Greg http://colsblog.com/2009/10/27/media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Greg Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:09:40 +0000 http://colsblog.com/?p=3627#comment-3139 Very interesting comments, Colleen. The situation truly is complicated and will not "sort out," but will rapidly evolve in ways we cannot yet imagine. To me, a powerful influence ~ somehow ~ will be the smartphone. There simply are too many people using their phones in too many ways for the phone to be ignored in this mix. On one hand, the smartphone seems to be "off topic," but I suspect it may, in fact, become pivotal in this media (r)evolution. Very interesting comments, Colleen. The situation truly is complicated and will not “sort out,” but will rapidly evolve in ways we cannot yet imagine. To me, a powerful influence ~ somehow ~ will be the smartphone. There simply are too many people using their phones in too many ways for the phone to be ignored in this mix. On one hand, the smartphone seems to be “off topic,” but I suspect it may, in fact, become pivotal in this media (r)evolution.

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